Diary

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 EGR4/9/2/2
  • Dates of Creation
      Jan-Sep 1857
  • Physical Description
      18 x 12 cm, 1 vol., marbled board covers, half-bound in dark red morocco. Condition: the binding adhesive has disintegrated causing many leaves to become detached.

Scope and Content

Compiled in an unlined notebook. Entries record the weather, visits made and received, and Harriet Grey's daily activities. At the back of the volume are notes by Rev William Grey on the Defensio Fidei Nicænæ (1685) by Bishop [George] Bull (1634-1710).

With a label loosely inserted, annotated "Diary | of | Mrs Grey | Mother of | 9th Earl of | Stamford" in the hand of Penelope Countess of Stamford.

Acquisition Information

Received from Dunham Massey Hall on 8 May 1992; provenance: 3rd drawer down, chest of drawers F736 on Grey Gallery.